New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-17
CUTTING THE RECORDS.
VHE ATHLETES OF THE PAST AND THE
PRESENT

HHE ATHLETES OF TIE RAsI AMI HE
PRESENT.
-. n s ss,s: rs, Ss" ssrsru to athletic
,n ae e T q. 4 sSs tie Sop
bnued surpsssine Of folmsr achiev ements Or as
sss .,s' cut cutting g %s
scitnde 4 has becn found 4 was only likely thsc
ana Ss,S Ssn s Ssssrs ~
srches Of sport Psriouariy has this Deon most Tns re-
S"s the : SnS - Ss
Eo" Wsek after week some fresh csrecy single
Sysnch OF sthietcs In which one or more ascrptior
been reetre s has essn to tho older
scpcSaton Of athieses who have seen the
have been In sss eaSt a IL sna again
Doe tbis indicate that the men Of tho present Gay
os+ir sunerior in physical power to those OF the
Tas,,, m. modern pas. first into consideration.
snoum a result Of their oxeItions being
IN great measure due to tho improvements Of the
machines .ns' use ,ranc, Of athletics ono looks,
with single execution to which VIII refer later ter
Scrbed in Sicycns In running nearly every s as
tsncs have "feoOrds" been recently NJ, "ous tho '"H0
How a. this 70 be accounted fort Training NO n9
souS has somssSns win Il The system @au e
c ma lowers Is far better understood now tnan
gs ana v the 70 9 Ss learnt nSSen and
Zoo much tendency, even noT TO respect mnnd
which have nothing but S sse1 IN 70 connection
Lns s s"r TO comparatively modern times for We
know th very hs Sus Taa esorsd oes possible
than we do Of their performances From what h1s
We can satner . %vts yanished and which In
mi force very few years ago. that meat
o o. ta as tTe one Not universally, however;
Tor We fna that many Of the Grecian athletes I'm
fssR cheese eS aOd DRIED s and Others con-
sumcd large quantities Of FORK and See anu 90 strong
that he was enabled TO overcome all the Oh
time Th9 Ssa o. eid Inv the romans dies very hard
Int is now almost exploded. together with thai 10y
thirst No doubt the drinking Of large quantities 90, OF
liquids does not tend 10 improve ones capaG oysb bYr
oe aaa Or 70 Esen men Who are living highly state
which makes them feyerish and irraoie ctou
deere ahu 'HO na'"0'' ''''''
Then again. even the men Of the present are noe
sOrs they may and probably do use their powers 10
greater advantage for they have he penen' cone he
fore Moro particularly is this the case In ro% nn
where the coaching as it called ves m aso Year
efter wear distances are covered more quickly than
Previously In this it is without donot sn re
Eoas y or w Great a' Extent the Besides which
the whole S1r,s system sGs n 81 century
In shooting. we find that the score witch vas as
Sa3ous Re Association first established their mSet
- ca s Int the main reason believe to be the
Snowiedce that has come from practice.
Win 0ri an rdx bo SAID ttat the machinery
Ioyed prnca cause Bats st, b fd1 many and yea
ere 49, t think thai on the whole there has been
much alteration Ia ,uO mr. scrptdc practice of the
In It, causing an e 70 use reny Of i followers have no
may be ot Science as APPLIED to cricket and this
Is no doubt true but do1e bv teSse that have and
tIv nrpd
nnerstanans t9 6rn The iat half century the pTin
II spal being the Of round arm bowl
Ing. -. .rrn ,o another branch Of athletics. in
which eeitany THOSE s VINO tSr predeeessors aude
means or MS o use a sn to walking on the open
roads for OF coue az n them st there now
there ,hh hS same r aay years past the
for road walking, when an a.ne 20 Rrnbton
try Try e as Sr mas the Re reeod was 10 So min
year or TWO PAY t wear If was sgain reduced and
now stands at Is min sec l. must 0 asS ss
remared that this last wa, mao the weather being Il
toughest ead thas ,Ss cons
competitors were ooscd TO re.rc II 10 o,. no means
Of knowing, as history does not ten us but THIS m
crease in pace In the last rev Or dsanee Waking that
bic AND II Is not oniS III ,os xesrs AGO man who
there is this neTeaIe et minutes was considered TO
Be able 10 DO very performances but now n Sn
less he could cover ue MA have M chance Whatever
Of Winning any Prize at an athletic meeting am
quite that many OF me iase gn IL h accom-
ers object TO the pressht Z, reaIv discussed
plished on the ground . ,saI oen asree with them
form OF running, anu very oltcn 49,. are MANY
But 1t l. not so In al cases anu tnpo,ossIy Icat
scrupulously FAR walkers VINO on .rU e%o even i,
they cannot equal those mace by the seni'i "A'' "
the present day. ....,a,r ,e.+s a, strength and
agility and to compare as far as ISsso osyan n1,e an
nears TO lie with the mOderns There are reaily h9
definite accounts Of what the anclen1 reers anJ
Romans were able to do. There are many hlythlca
ones, and even when there are any that may pos
sibly be statements OF facts tnere H. hU.ni ,h
TO gauge what they may DC resiy W.. IN .
That the anconts, especially the Oreeks od ooS anu
that most sayagely, we know 30 Tar rom , usts
Gloves TO lessen the damaging enocts oi tnelr poWs
Or even from using simply tho power that ina mature in